Life Is Beautiful

71st Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)
1998
Italy
Color
Directed by Roberto Benigni

Plot: A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.

Theme: WWII, Nazi

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Children Of Heaven

71st Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Children Of Heaven (بچه های آسمان)
1998
Iran
Color
Directed by Majid Majidi

Plot: Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits. Will the plan succeed? (Written by Eileen Berdon)

Theme: Comedy, Family relations

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Central Station

71st Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Central Station (Central do Brasil)
1998
Brazil
Color
Directed by Walter Salles

Plot: An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who write letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, in search for the father he never knew.

Theme: Drama

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